FM 917 (I-35W to Mansfield) Safety and Mobility Improvements

Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023
6 to 8 p.m.
Lillian Elementary School
5001 FM 2738, Alvarado
Texas 76009

In-person attendees will be able to view the same presentation delivered in the online public meeting which will be playing on a screen, review hard copies of project materials, ask questions of TxDOT staff and/or consultants, and leave written comments.

The meeting presentation will be available online beginning on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, by 5 p.m. on this webpage. The virtual meeting will consist of a pre-recorded video presentation and will include both audio and visual components.

If you do not have internet access, you may call 817-370-6673 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, to ask questions and access project materials during the project development process.

The proposed project would reconstruct and widen FM 917 from I-35W to west of Mansfield from an existing two-lane roadway to a four-lane, divided roadway. The project is approximately 10 miles in length and improvements would widen FM 917 from two lanes to an interim four lanes and an ultimate six lane facility. Alternative one proposes maintaining the two existing ninety-degree turns that are currently located at FM 917 intersections with East Renfro Street and Cummings Drive. Alternatives two and three propose straightening the two ninety-degree turns.

The proposed project would, subject to final design considerations, require additional right of way and potentially displace residences and non-residential structures. Relocation assistance is available for displaced persons and businesses. Information about the TxDOT Relocation Assistance Program and services and benefits for those displaced and other affected property owners, as well as information about the tentative schedule for right-of-way acquisition and construction, can be obtained from the TxDOT district office by calling 817-370-6500.

The proposed roadway would cross creeks and floodplains. As such, the proposed project would involve construction in wetlands and would involve an action in a floodplain.

Any environmental documentation or studies, any maps and drawings showing the project location and design, tentative construction schedules, and other information regarding the proposed project are on file and available for inspection Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the TxDOT Fort Worth District Office, 2501 SW Loop 820, Fort Worth, Texas 76133. Project materials are also available online on this webpage. These materials will also be available in hard copy form for review at the in-person option.

• Notice
  
• Notice (Spanish)
• Meeting location map
• Project fact sheet
• Project fact sheet (Spanish)
• Environmental constraints map
• Proposed design schematic
• Comment form
• Presentation
• Presentation (Spanish)
• Script
• Script (Spanish)
• Documentation of public meeting

Comments from the public regarding the proposed project are requested and may be submitted by any of the methods listed below.

• Email as shown in the notice
  
• Mail:
  TxDOT Fort Worth District Office
  Attn: Nazrul Chowdhury, P.E.
  2501 SW Loop 820
  Fort Worth, Texas 76133

All comments must be received on or before Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Responses to comments received will be available on this webpage once they have been prepared.